Purchasers should avoid becoming "too cosy" with their suppliers in order to ensure competitiveness, warned Mike Norris, chief executive of Computacenter.
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Youth, persuasiveness and determination are qualities possessed by both winners of the individual categories at this year’s awards.
Purchasing is becoming more involved in IT buying as economic pressures squeeze budgets. But findings from Gartner reveal the profession is still “at the edge” of big IT buying decisions.
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Travel purchasers and managers must sell the benefits of online self-booking tools to internal staff if they are to achieve real cost savings.
Compass Group has defended claims that it uses unfair tactics with suppliers.
Barry Messenger aims to slash supplier numbers and consolidate spend after his appointment to the new post of technical procurement specialist at Trinity House Lighthouse Service.
Purchasers have criticised proposals to increase the testing of food ingredients as unnecessary and likely to drive up supply chain costs.
The government must improve its advice to purchasers on how to balance efficiency savings and environmental concerns when awarding contracts.